Senior Production Planner

Salary: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

To manage, develop and co-ordinate all available resources of plant and materials in order to ensure effective and efficient outputs that are within the agreed parameters of safety, hygiene, cost quality and quantity. To strive for continuous improvement in all areas through cross-functional co-ordination and liaison.

Client Details

Market leading, international food manufacturing business

Description

• Scheduling of all department products, achieving planning requirements at minimum cost to labour and waste

• Ensure accurate schedule of production is created on a daily basis from works orders information provided by the Customer Service team and Unity data

• Create and maintain a rework plan that ensures re-work product is reintroduced to the process at the earliest opportunity and floor stock levels are kept to an absolute minimum

• Maintain and update all information relating to the scheduling process. This includes machine speeds, efficiencies, batch times and allergen segregation

• Work with production management to identify areas of waste in the process, proposing and implementing improvement measures

• Schedule and follow up of all pre-determined clean down processes

• Ensure all efficiency and run rate information held is accurate, reviewed and updated on a regular basis

• Advise production management of priorities and any amendments that occur

• Liaise with Technical Department with regards to the organisation and scheduling of production trials.

Profile

• Previous experience of working within an FMCG environment is essential, ideally in food, as well as experience of working with multiple SKU’s.
• Strong knowledge of MRP and inventory management principles and a proven track record in data analysis.

Job Offer

£40,000 – £45,000

25 days holiday plus bank holidays